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Volodymyr Zelensky and Joe Biden
The United States on Thursday announced significant defense support totaling $7.9 billion for Ukraine and the introduction of sanctions against Russia aimed at further limiting its ability to finance aggression.
This was announced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He thanked American President Joe Biden, Congress and both of its parties, and the entire American people for this decision. President Zelensky called the United States his closest ally and expressed gratitude for finding a way to allocate the remainder of the aid to Ukraine. The corresponding message was published in Zelensky's Telegram.
“I am grateful to the United States for providing critical means to protect our people. An additional Patriot air defense battery, other air defense assets and interceptors, drones, long-range missiles and air-to-surface munitions, and assets to strengthen Ukraine's defense industrial base,” the president said.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met in Washington with a bipartisan delegation from the U.S. Senate, led by Democratic and Republican Senate leaders Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell, a bipartisan delegation from the U.S. House of Representatives, and U.S. President Joe Biden.
During the meeting, Biden noted the long-term support of Kyiv from the United States and partners, Voice of America reports.
“I will say clearly, Russia will not win the war. Russia will not reign in Ukraine. Ukraine will win and we will continue to support you at every step,” Biden said, adding that the meeting was aimed at discussing the Ukrainian “Victory Plan.”
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Meanwhile, Russia attacked Kharkov with guided air bombs.
As reported by the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov, one KAB hit a private residential building in the Kievsky district.
Later, it became known that four people were injured, two of whom suffered an acute reaction to stress. Another two women were injured by glass, one of them was hospitalized.
The ruling party “Georgian Dream” used photos of Ukrainian cities destroyed by Russia for its election campaign, writes “Georgia Online”.
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Advertising banners were placed in Tbilisi and a number of regions. They showed photographs of destroyed cities crossed out with the election numbers of pro-Western parties. The video showed footage of the bombings and contrasted them with new buses and fountains in Georgian cities. In this way, the ruling party invites voters to choose peace and say “no to war”.
“How pathetic do you have to be to shamelessly offer your people a poster made in the KGB forge,” Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili responded to such an advertising campaign.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry condemns and considers unacceptable the use of images of the consequences of Russia's war against Ukraine by the ruling party in its political advertising, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
“The Ministry condemns and considers unacceptable the use of images of the terrible consequences of Russia's merciless war, the suffering and blood of thousands of innocent people, the destruction of church shrines and the cultural heritage of humanity in political advertising,” the Foreign Ministry noted.
Ukrainian diplomats call on the Georgian government, the ruling party “Georgian Dream” and all interested parties to refrain from using the theme of an aggressive war against Ukraine and its citizens in internal political struggle in Georgia.
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